New York Road Runners, Inc.

The mission of the New York Road Runners is to help and inspire people through running by:
- Building community through running
- Empowering every generation of runner
- Nurturing the communities we serve
- Advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and social responsibility

New York Road Runners will maximize impact by engaging in the following strategies:

- Delivering world-class running events including the United NYC Half, RBC Brooklyn Half and TCS NYC Marathon that get people running while raising millions of dollars for local and national charity organizations.
- Investing in community and youth programming across New York City's five boroughs and nationally that support people of all ages and abilities to start and keep running.
- Increase diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility across our events and programs. We are committed towards net zero emissions by 2040 and to be a leader in sports sustainability.
- Showcase the range of interconnected programs, events and initiatives offered to support our diverse communities to run and fuel positive change.

New York Road Runner's history started with a local running club made up of just 40 people, but over the past 60+ years, committed runners have joined us in droves, reaching 65,000+ members today. Time, commitment, and 60 years of experience supports our never-ending mission to help and inspire people through running have led us to become the world’s premier community running organization.

Today at NYRR, running is a team sport: everything that we do as an organization represents the efforts of many talented, passionate, and dedicated individuals and groups pulling together to advance our mission to help and inspire people through running. Our 150+ staff is supported by 10,000+ volunteers, multiple New York City agencies, our sponsors and partners, and our dedicated, 27-member Board of Directors.

NYRR receives charitable donations from hundreds of generous individuals and institutional donors that support the free, year-round community and youth programs offered throughout New York City and nation-wide.

FY22 was a year of resurgence for New York Road Runners as we returned to in-person races, youth events, and community programming.

During the pandemic, we brought runners together virtually through online programming and virtual races, and then again in-person as we relaunched programming and races including the TCS New York City Marathon:

- Hosted 29 races including the 50th anniversary of the TCS New York City Marathon
- Engaged 400,000+ runners, including 110,000+ virtual racers
- Supported 1,100+ runners in group training and engaged 200+ run clubs
- Had 9,700+ race and program volunteers
- Relaunched Open Run at 13 community parks serving 1,370+ unique participants

We shifted to virtual programming and events to help participants remain healthy and active, resuming in-person programming halfway through the year:

- Developed “at-home” virtual activity sessions and virtual events in multiple languages
- Relaunched the Rising New York Road Runners Youth Ambassadors program with 23 participants
- Resumed the Run for the Future program and continued to engage the 500+ program alumni
- Returned to in-person youth events with 3,200+ participants including training and races for the Rising New York Road Runners Wheelchair Training Program
- Resumed Striders programming at 17 sites and served 490+ participants

We worked to increase running opportunities for young people by helping create safe and sustainable playgrounds as well as donating thousands of new sneakers to keep young people. To sustain green space and healthy communities in the long-term, we have launched sustainability initiative and measures. We also utilize our races as a way for community organizations to elevate their work and provide a platform for their fundraising efforts:

- Raised $47.8M for 500+ charities including Team for Kids, which supports NYRR’s youth and community programs
- Partnered with the Trust for Public Land to complete three green playgrounds across the city
- Donated over 2,000 pairs of New Balance sneakers to Rising New York Road Runners partner schools
- Launched a Sustainability Initiative and measures to attain net zero emissions by 2040

We worked to ensure that runners and staff of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities have access and feel welcome at races, events, and programs, and while at work:

- Added non-binary as a gender category during registration, included in results, club points, and time qualifiers
- Partnered with Strava to add Paralympic race categories
- Launched the Learning and Growing Partners Project for community organizations to provide staff training on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access
- Implemented more inclusive registration, pricing, and and payment options to respond to our community’s needs, preferences, and limitations